By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Karapatan-Socsksargends, however, said Bravo was lying. What happened, he said, was an attack by Philippine Army troops against hapless lumads who are opposed to the operation of foreign and large-scale mining SMI-Xstrata, in their ancestral land.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “After a year, justice still eludes for Fr. Pops. His murder is emblematic of the continuing state of impunity under the PNoy administration” -- Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate, Second Nominee, Bayan Muna
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “He’s a martyr because he lived a selfless life,” said United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta. He described Fr. Pops through Tagalog song’s lyrics: “walang sinuman ang nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang; walang sinuman ang namamatay para sa sarili lamang.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Usually, because of the nature of our work, we are assigned outside the place where we were registered. This is the reason why a lot of media workers cannot vote,” Jessie Casalda, the chairperson of NUJP-Davao, noted.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today Leah Emily Minoza, executive director of the Davao City-based Women’s Studies and Resource Center (WSRC) said Gender and Development (GAD) budget, which is supposed to be five percent of a local government unit’s allocation is even hardly implemented. Worse, it is mostly being used for purposes other than for gender programs.